Dear Benoit,
The WebCGM Working Group has reviewed the comment you sent [1] about the
WebCGM 2.1 Last Call Working Draft [2] published on 18 November
2008. Thank you for having taken the time to review the document and send
us comments.
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Lofton Henderson, WebCGM WG Chair.
[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webcgm-wg/2008Nov/0028.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-webcgm21-20080917/
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* Comment Sent: Tue, 18 Nov 2008
* Archived:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webcgm-wg/2008Nov/0028.html
The WebCGM WG has the following responses to your comment:
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SUMMARY of your comment:
>The wording says "[...] The bounding box calculation is based on the
>abstract locus of the primitives within the APS." What does 'abstract
>locus' mean?I'd like to know if getObjectExtent() returns a tight bounding
>box on a given APS. i.e., given a polybezier, are control points part of
>the bounding box calculations or not?
RESPONSE to your comment:
>1.) In the text description of getObjectExtent (section 5.7.6), change
>"abstract locus" to "locus", and link "locus" to a new Glossary definition
>in Appendix C.
>
>2.) Add this definition to the Glossary (Appendix C):
>locus --
>A general definition from the Oxford dictionary defines 'locus'
>as: "Curve formed by all points satisfying particular equation of
>relation between coordinates, or by point, line, or surface, moving
>according to mathematically defined conditions." In the WebCGM
>specification, locus refers to the set of points that comprise the path or
>shape of a Graphical Primitive element, or in the appropriate context, the
>combined shapes or paths collectively of all of the Graphical Primitive
>elements in an Application Structure (APS). I.e., the locus of an APS
>comprises the combined loci of all of the graphical primitives in the
>APS. Locus does not include defining data that are not part of the shape
>or path of the graphical primitive, such as control points of Bezier
>primitives, or the center point of a Circular Arc Center primitive."
>
>(Ed note. The WG closes the present issue with this resolution,
>anticipating that further detailed questions of clarification will arise
>as implementations progress.)
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